CEILING — Integer ceiling function

Description

CEILING(A) returns the least integer greater than or equal to A.

Syntax

RESULT = CEILING(A [, KIND])

Arguments

A The type shall be REAL.
KIND (Optional) An INTEGER initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Return value

The return value is of type INTEGER(KIND) if KIND is present and a default-kind INTEGER otherwise.

Example



program test_ceiling

    real :: x = 63.29

    real :: y = -63.59

    print *, ceiling(x) ! returns 64

    print *, ceiling(y) ! returns -63

end program test_ceiling

Standard

Fortran 95 and later

Class

Elemental function

`A`	The type shall be `REAL`.
`KIND`	(Optional) An `INTEGER` initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.